Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.

Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (17 January 1916-23 May 2011) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NJ 5) from 3 January 1953 to 3 January 1975, succeeding Charles Aubrey Eaton and preceding Millicent Fenwick.

Biography
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. was born in New York City, New York in 1916, the grandson of George Griswold Frelinghuysen. He was related to four senators and two representatives, and he practiced law and served in the Office of Naval Intelligence before being elected to the US House of Representatives in 1952. He was a moderate Republican Party supporter, supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but not President Lyndon B. Johnson's "war on poverty". He left office in 1975, and his son Rodney Frelinghuysen would also become a New Jersey congressman.